HAPPY NEW YEAR! The most important day of the year is a day or so away! My birthday! I am turning 30 soon so here are 30 things I want to be mindful of going into this new year!
- It’s important to know when to let go of your plans.
- It’s ok to do nothing all day.
- It’s ok to do everything all in one day.
- Find ways to celebrate even if those moments don’t look like they did before.
- All it takes is practice.
- Having said that, I will never master french patisserie. This might change. I hope?
- If I don’t practice my routine everyday, I will have my routine thrown off.
- My fixed mindset has hindered me from achieving a lot of goals.
- The biggest hindrance however is definitely setting unreasonable expectations on myself.
- A growth mindset is important to meet goals.
- I can control my reaction to events, even if I can’t control the events.
- I need to embrace being a home body.
- My love language (both giving and receiving) is physical touch.
- I love the ritual of dining out.
- I love the ritual of cooking my friends a lovely meal.
- I like eggplant, cauliflowers, broccoli? Sorry mom!
- Yes, I under salt things. It’s a problem!
- There is no such thing as one size fits all in life. I need to stop preaching my approach to others as absolute.
- Having people virtually in your home for 8 hours a day can be tiring. I need to take time for myself at the end of a work day.
- It’s ok to miss people you haven’t had contact with in years.
- Asking people questions and really listening to the answers is the only way to learn about someone.
- It’s ok that others got married, had kids, bought homes this year and I didn’t. This is hard to practice in real life.
- Being a single 30 year old brown woman will be exponentially harder than a single 29 year old brown woman.
- Healthy habits are HARD to create!
- I feel much stronger mentally on the days that I work out.
- Don’t let another person dictate the habits I need to implement in my life.
- Don’t let another person’s treatment of you dictate your self worth.
- It’s ok to love and hate someone at the same time.
- My savings methodology isn’t stopping me from shopping. I need to set aside a shopping budget and shop from that budget only.
- It’s never too late to make a change!